Gladwyn d’Souza#RepublicansBackLosers: Everything that’s sick and warped and desiccated about today’s Republican Party is present in this deal (or “deal,” if McCarthy is to be believed)- #Cult of one man, #SemiFascists, and #gerrymandering
#kleptocrats unmasked: The world’s 500 richest people added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of the year—$14 million a day on average. Elon Musk led, amassing an additional $96.6 billion through June 30, while potential cage-match opponent Mark Zuckerberg weighed in with $58.9 billion.
#SemiFascists locked by #DictatorialLove: That America’s most Republican sport is now officially an appendage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a little too on the nose. But golf is not the only sport Saudi Arabia is trying to take over, and LIV was not its only holy-shit deal this week.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/liv-pga-merger-saudi-arabia-mbs/
#RepublicansBackLosers: A brownnose for the twice #impeached former president fails to secure a nomination for the first time in a 100 years. Instead the #semifascists favor a former assistant wrestling coach accused of a cover-up of widespread sexual #abuse in OSU’s wrestling program. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-03/kevin-mccarthy-vote-speaker-lost
